Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . jects of their satire. They are as proverbialfor their ridiculous mistakes as for their wit, and this is themore strange as it seems to be a contradiction in it is according to the principle, They who take thesword shall perish by the sword, and the same is true of theFrench. These Irish bulls, as they are called, are notfrom lack of shrewdness, but from a want of instinctivenessthe trait that is peculiarly natural to the French; and it is inconsequence also of that imperative, headlong, impetuous dis-position wh
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . jects of their satire. They are as proverbialfor their ridiculous mistakes as for their wit, and this is themore strange as it seems to be a contradiction in it is according to the principle, They who take thesword shall perish by the sword, and the same is true of theFrench. These Irish bulls, as they are called, are notfrom lack of shrewdness, but from a want of instinctivenessthe trait that is peculiarly natural to the French; and it is inconsequence also of that imperative, headlong, impetuous dis-position which the bull-dog has in common with the bull, andwhich the Irish have in common with the English. The lackof instinctiveness is shown in the awkwardness of their mo-tions. Their imitations of the French, which are mere perver-sions of their own characters, increase this opposition andrender it all the more conspicuous. They are like beetles — 11 Against the traveller borne in heedless hum, or like the pumpkin that you can notkeep out of your way, but are always.
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